Chapter Zero New Zealand Board Toolkit

The Chapter Zero New Zealand Board Toolkit has been comprehensively rewritten and updated for today’s governance environment.

It provides directors with a simple and practical five-step framework for understanding climate- and nature-related risks and opportunities, deciding what is material, and integrating these issues into core governance decisions.

The Toolkit is designed for boards that want a clear starting point, applying familiar governance disciplines to risks and opportunities that may affect resilience, performance and long-term value.

The five steps for boards are:

1. Understand your risk exposure
2. Decide what is material
3. Integrate into strategy and capital allocation
4. Clarify oversight and accountability
5. Review and build capability over time

The Toolkit covers physical and transition risk, financial and strategic implications, and board oversight and accountability. It also includes New Zealand case studies showing how boards are responding in practice.

A companion Quick Guide: Integrating climate and nature into boardroom decisions is also available. It distils the five-step framework into a concise three-page resource that can be used to start or structure a board discussion.